Paruyr Sevak

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Paruyr Sevak
Born January 26, 1924
Sovetashen, Soviet Armenia
Died June 17, 1971
Occupation Poet
Nationality Soviet
Writing period 1940s-1970s
Subjects Armenians, Armenian Genocide
Spouse(s) Nelly Menagharishvili

Paruyr Rafaeli Ghazaryan (better known as Paruyr Sevak; in Armenian: Պարույր Սևակ (Ղազարյան); January 26, 1924 - June 17, 1971) was an Armenian poet. He is considered one of the greatest Armenian poets of all time.

Sevak was born in Sovetashen (now Zangakatun) village, Soviet Armenia to Rafael and Anahit Soghomonyan. He studied at Yerevan State University and Moscow's Gorky Institute of Literature. A doctor of philology, Sevak was one of the senior researchers of the M. Abeghyan Yerevan Institute of Literature.

Sevak died on June 17, 1971 in an automobile accident while on a drive back to Yerevan. In previous years, he had been voicing out his criticism of the corruption of the Soviet establishment and for this, many Armenians believe, he was murdered by the Soviet KGB.[1] His wife, Nelly Menagharishvili, also died in the accident. He was buried in the backyard of his home, in Zangakatun, which later became a museum.[2]

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[edit] Publications

  • Noric chen sirum sirum en krkin
  • Marde api mej -1965
  • Yeghici Luys -1972
  • "Sayat-Nova", Yerevan, Sovetakan grogh, 1981.
  • The Unsilenceable Belfry (Անլռելի Զանգակատուն) Yerevan, 1959

[edit] References

  1. ^ Holding, Nicholas. Armenia with Nagorno Karabagh, 2nd: The Bradt Travel Guide. Guilford, Connecticut: Bradt Travel Guides, 2006 p. 40 ISBN 1-8416-2163-3
  2. ^ (Armenian) Paruyr Sevak's Biography. Retrieved October 27, 2007.

[edit] Documentary films

  • " Paruyr Sevak " (Yeghici Luys)(1984, 35mm, Armenfilm), Film director Levon Mkrtchyan camera Robert Mardanyan

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